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DAY 10: Group Design Process and Designing for the Tropics (PDC 2010 with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton)

Post author By Tatyana
Post date September 30, 2010

Design Research

This is a photo of the paddock we are working with. As you can see, it’s mostly an open field sheltered by the surrounding buildings and a tiny amount of slope.

land maps, research, surrounding structures

We did some homework and found an aerial view of the property on Google Maps and a campus map, which accurately outlines the surrounding structures.

Equipped with these tools, we set to work.

Group Dynamics

We set outside at the highest point of the paddock with a blackboard and a box of chalk, trying to fit in all the elements, but it was obvious that our design process was not very efficient…too many drivers and not enough focus…

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DAY 7: Water Conservation and Storage (PDC 2010 with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton)

Post author By Tatyana
Post date September 27, 2010

The world of water by Snap®

Water Arithmetics

97% of all water on Earth is salt water
of remaining 3%:
- 14% is deep ground water (below 800ft) – this is fossil water that took thousands of years to travel from the surface. It cannot be renewed in our lifetime, and it can only be accessed using heavy-duty pumps. This is the water that modern monoculture farming is sucking up…
- 11% is shallow ground water (less than 800ft deep)
- 74% trapped in snow and ice caps
- ONE PERCENT is lakes/ponds, forests, living systems, soils, rivers and atmosphere
There is a constant amount of water in the Earth system. Like energy, it doesn’t come from anywhere and it doesn’t go anywhere; it only changes its position and state. Hence, the water in my body right now could’ve in a dinosaur at some stage :).